CHAPTER 3 | Installing the Switch
Connecting to the Console Port
4. If you have purchased a Redundant Power Supply, connect it to the switch
and to an AC power source now, following the instructions included with the
package.
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ONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT
The RJ-45 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch
for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board configuration program can
be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program. The
pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following
table.
Figure 20: Serial Port (RJ-45) Pin-Out
8
8
1
1
WIRING MAP FOR SERIAL
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Table 5: Serial Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin
Serial Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin
DTE Port
6 RXD (receive data) <--------------------- 3 TXD (transmit data)
3 TXD (transmit data) ---------------------> 2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground) ----------------------- 5 SGND (signal
ground) No other pins are used.
The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:
Default Baud rate—115,200 bps
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